Lorraine Copeland

Elizabeth Lorraine Adie Copeland
Born 1921
Scotland
Died 27 April 2013
France
Allegiance United Kingdom,
Service/branch Special Operations Executive
Office of Strategic Services
Years of service 1940–1942
Rank Field agent
Awards MBE, DSC
Relations Miles Copeland, Jr. (husband), Miles Copeland III (son), Ian Copeland (son), Lorraine Copeland (daughter), Stewart Copeland (son)

Lorraine Copeland (born Elizabeth Lorraine Adie, 1921, died 27 April 2013[1]) was an archaeologist specialising in the Palaeolithic period of the Near East. She was a secret agent with the Special Operations Executive during World War II.

Early life

Born Elizabeth Lorraine Adie in Scotland, she was the daughter of a prominent Harley Street neurosurgeon. She was privately educated at Wycombe Abbey in Buckinghamshire.[2]

Special Operations Executive

Copeland worked for British Intelligence during the Second World War, in the Special Operations Executive.[3] She met her American husband, Miles Copeland, Jr., during this period, when he was based in the U.K. during the war, undertaking counter-intelligence for the OSS (Office of Strategic Services). They married on 25 September 1942 and soon afterwards Miles' work took them to the Near East, particularly Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, and it was whilst in this area that Copeland first developed her interest in archaeology.

Archaeology

Copeland worked in the field of Palaeolithic archaeology for over fifty years, and was associated with the University College London Institute of Archaeology. She was an adviser to the Stone Age Institute.[4] In 2004 the festschrift "From the River to the Sea: The Palaeolithic and the Neolithic on the Euphrates and in the Northern Levant " was published in her honour.[5][6][7]

Family

Copeland married Miles on September 25 1942 at St Mary's Church, Great Portland Street, London. The couple had four children, all of whom went on to have notable careers; their eldest son Miles Copeland III (born 2 May 1944) as an executive in the entertainment industry, Ian Copeland (born 25 April 1949) as a music promoter and booking agent, Lorraine "Lennie" Copeland as a writer and film producer and Stewart Copeland (born 16 July 1952) as a musician best known as the drummer for the band The Police. Her husband Miles Jr. died in February 1991, and her son Ian predeceased her in May 2006. Lorraine Copeland died at Chateau Marouatte in Dordogne, France, on 27 April 2013.

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References

  1. Daring CIA Widow Dies, AND Magazine, published April 30, 2013, retrieved September 3, 2013
  2. "Wycombe Abbey". Wycombe Abbey. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  3. Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. "Officers and Advisory Board". Stoneageinstitute.org. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  5. "From the River to the Sea: The Palaeolithic and the Neolithic on the Euphrates and in the Northern Levant". Amazon.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. "From the River to the Sea". Archaeopress. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. Report on the Second Workshop on PPN Chipped Lithic Industries (PDF). April 1995. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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